Home › Words › D › disowneedisowneedisownee means one who is disowned.EtymologyFrom disown + -ee.nounOne who is disowned.e.g.“Why not? Because the disownee can’t justly claim to own the esteem or riches of the disowner, even if the disownee’s life will be very hard without that esteem and riches.” — 2012 May 23, Bryan Caplan, “The Freedom to Disown”, in EconLog:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.disowner 87% match — One who disowns. vs disownee →disownment 83% match — The act of disowning. vs disownee →disown 79% match — To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own. vs disownee →disownable 78% match — Able to be disowned. vs disownee →disinheritee 73% match — One who is disinherited. vs disownee →disavower 71% match — One who disavows. vs disownee →dispossessee 69% match — One who is dispossessed. vs disownee →disinherit 69% match — To exclude from inheritance; to disown. vs disownee →